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Assessing the Impact of Irrigation Efficiency Projects on Return Flows in the South-Eastern Murray–Darling Basin, Australia

Water 2021, 13(10), 1366; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13101366
by Glen R. Walker 1,*, Avril C. Horne 2, Quan J. Wang 2 and Rob Rendell 3
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Water 2021, 13(10), 1366; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13101366
Submission received: 7 April 2021 / Revised: 30 April 2021 / Accepted: 1 May 2021 / Published: 14 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Water Use and Scarcity)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Figures 1 and 4 improve legibility

Line 583 needs "but will" to be added

Line 727 delete "a"

Line 848 clarify risk of what - "stream depletion"

Line 848 and 849 need to be written more clearly. Reduced saline return flows will improve stream water quality by reducing overall in stream salintiy but I am not sure how it will reduce land salinisation and waterlogging? Need to clarify that reduced groundwater recharge will affect groundwater users.

Line 879 - historical changes to what?

Line 883 - impacts of what?

Line883 - insert "greater" before "sensitivity"

Line 903 - "groundwater"

Line 903 - this overstates the situation, there could still be some reduction in return flows especially from rainfall events due to upgraded farm infrastructure to capture more rainfall run off on farm.

Line 929 - "in-river salinity mitigation"

Line 930 - requires "be"

Author Response

comments attached

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Reviewer 2 Report

All comments have been addressed by the authors. Congratulations!

Author Response

No specific comments have been made

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